Helping People at Hospitals

PRLog (Press Release) – Aug 21, 2009 – A major highlight for MVP called for volunteers to truly roll their sleeves up and get stuck in! In response, members of the Mars Drinks commercial team headed over to the Wexham Park Hospital (http://www.heatherwoodandwexham.nhs.uk/location/wexham-park-hospital-slough) in Slough, paintbrushes in hand, to help the Sebastian’s Action Trust (http://www.sebastiansactiontrust.org/) children’s cancer charity with some important renovation work. The Mars Drinks team was tasked with clearing and painting two out of the six Isolation Rooms being given a much needed refresh. Final touches added by the charity included TVs and games consoles, ensuring the rooms had the latest kit for the children to enjoy.

Tricia Wright, Voluntary Services Coordinator at Wexham Park Hospital said, “It was great to work with such an enthusiastic, committed group of people. Thank you for giving your time and energy to the final phase of a project which will benefit many of our young patients and their families for years to come.”

A little closer to home, the MVP team at Basingstoke was given the opportunity to help people within the local community. During a single week Mars Drinks organised the collection of:

- over 70 bags of clothes which were used by St Michael’s Hospice (http://www.stmichaelshospice.org/contact_us/) to sell in their charity shops
- towels, blankets, pet toys and pet food that were donated to the Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre (http://www.dbarc.org.uk/)
- a selection of food which went to the Camrose Centre (http://www.camrosecentre.org.uk/), supporting the homeless.

As everyone loves chocolate, the Mars Drinks team also set out to find good homes for over 17,000 Twix (http://www.mars.com/global/Global+brands/Snackfood/Twix.htm) bars! Always up for a challenge, the team was able to support over 50 local charities and community organisations that used the Twix chocolate bars to sell to raise funds or simply give away as a treat.